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Walking Easier Than Spelling.

President Lincoln's Commissioner of
Agriculture, Newton of Philadelphia,
is the peg on which all bad spelling
stories are hung in Washington. He
wrote English as she's spoke, without
regard to the arbitrary rules of ortho-
graphy, and the result was often anus
ing. One day Gen. Sickles, then lying
in a hospital here badly wounded,
craved fruit, grapes particularly. A
friend, not being able TO find them
elsewhere, went down to the Depart
ment of Agriculture and asked Com
missioner Newton for some. ~
haven't any grapes" replied Newton;
''Id give them to you in a minute for
Gen. Sickles if I had; but I'll give you
anything else we've got"
WELL" said the friend, what other
fruit have you?"
why" said Newton, Il think we
have some nectarines, and you're well
come to some of them"
They'll do very WE'LL" said the
friend. "Just write me an order to
the gardener for some, will youp"
Newton said he would, drew a sheet
of paper toward him, and began to
write. The date line was all right, for
that was printed; but after that his
trouble began. ''Give bearer" he
wrote, las many" and then he
stopped, for he couldn't spell necta-
rines, and he knew it. He thought
over it for a full minute. Then he
threw down his pen, picked up his
hat, and said:
Come, I'll 60 over with you N.Y.
self"
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On the Mountain Heights.

The imperial moon rose in all its
luculent beauty. revealing the kee1er
clustered scintillations of the chimeras
of the azure sky. The dew glistened
on the fasciculated grass and the heeer
ochromous blossoms that grew on the
banks of the murmurous mountain
stream, meandering adown the I'M
dulating slopes in subtlest musicry.
There air is no insipid fluid; it seems a
subtle distillation of all reminiscent
languors of the hesternal day. The
polychromatic vestiges of autumn were
visible: the sibilant wind sobbed itself
to subliest stiffness, and the silence
made strange polyacoustic of every
sound, when young girl, an uncer-
tain mystic apparation, stole stealthlly
out from the sombrousness of the pines
and said softly:
You thar, Bill?"
Round about her vaporous form the
mountains lifted themselves to empry-
real heights, the glamorous moonshine
fell athwart the boulGerous path, the
scintillations of the glistening dew IRA
dated each leaf and twig. An isolated
star, blazing in the vast solitudes of the
sky, burst suddenly into dazzling con-
stellation before her luminous eyes, as
she again whispered:
"You thar, Bill?"
How vast the solitude! How impreg-
nable the mountain walls! How they
distinctness in the mellowness of the
moonlight? The wind rose in riotout
revelry. 1t bore far down the SHIN
mering Stops the young girls tremu-
lous words:
you thar, Bill?"
A nocturnal rider comes in sight.
1t is Bill. He comes nolseless, swift,
dark, like some dark shadow some
noisome exhaliation of the night. But
it is Bill.
Onward he rides in alternating gloom
and brightness. With fine intuitive
prescience he discerns the proximity of
the young girl long ere her material
lied form is revealed amid the shadows
of the hemlocks.
"Oh, Bill!
That you, Betsp"
There is suggestion of covert con-
tumeliousness in his voice as he pro-
pounds the question to the shrinking,
sensitive girl.
"Air it you for true, Betsp What fer
do"
A filminess cloud darkens the golden
moon, dense but evanescent shadows
fall, the serried mountain SUBMITS sur
render themselves to oblivion.
Il allowed you'd come, Bets; ] al
lowed"
The moon rides forth again; the
golden glamor glistens on all the hills.
you knowd I'd come; didn't you,
Bill?"
Didn't know for true, Bets; women
folks is onsartain."
''Oh, Bill?"
They air, Bets; 1 tell ye-"
The sibilant wind was widely astir:
the moon
This story will be finished some day
when there is no moon, and when the
"sibilant winds" are not blowing
Ze711s Dane I'm Puck
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Salamanders.

Two giant salamanders, said to be
the first that ever visited this country,
have arrived at the Messrs. Reiche's
from Japan. They came in tub
with an oblOng bottom on the steam
ship Elbe, and the only information
which accompanied them was that they
were specimens of the cryt0branchus
narinlus. Young Mr.. Reiche drew on
his knowledge of natural history and
on all the libraries for facts concern
ing the newly arrived creatures, and
if only small part of what he found
concerning them is true they will never
be generally introduced as pets in this
country.
This is the creature of which Pliny
believed, or at least wrote, that it was
so venomous that it was able to des-
troy whole nations unless they looked
out, and that it was so cold that it put
out fire by contact with the flame.
Cuvier wrote that the salamander had
the reputation of being able to mot
only come safe and sound out of the
flames but even extinguish them. !"
Even in this age the prevalent notion
as to salamanderS is that they inhabit
tireplaces, bontires, and other places
where promoters would have to be
used instead of thermometers.
The two salamanders now in this
country are kept in tank of water
and not in fiery furnace. AT a little
distance they resemble the indolent
three-foOt catfish that live in the slug
gish waters of the South. and from
which the INDECENT darkies cut strips
of bait as they need it and then turn
them loose to grow more bait. Their
thick, matted, warty, and Shiny skins
suggests Smyrna rug of subdued pat
tern in brown and black. They have
four legs, with five toes to the leg, but
their legs don't amount to much for
pedestrian-purposes, and are used as
a seal uses its flippers. The head is
shaped like the toe of medium round
shoe, and the tail is thick and wedge
shaped. The small, dull eyes, can be
distinguished among the warts by
looking closely. There are two rows
of small, sharp teeth in each jaw.
The salamanders eat raw beef and
seem to enjoy it. 1t is said that the
giant salamader grows to the size of
an adult crocodile, and Mr. Reiche
will watch with considerable interest
the development of these infants.-Ne,O
York san.
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A Singular Bird.

The devil hawk of Arizona is a
rare bird and an interesting one. He
is described as having remarkably
handsome plumage. but very ugly
head. His talons are long and strong,
and his beak is almost as sharp as q
needle and very powerful. The bird,
but for his head. when on the wing
would pass for pigeon. When seek
ing his prey he plays pigeon, and flies
in among them unnotictd on account
of his similarity and easily captures
what he wants. He is the picture of
grace and beauty and speed. 1t is
estimated that there are not more than
dozen of them in the Territory. The
MeXicans are superstitious about him
and regard his appearance as an evil
omen.
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nlanitomof pilot.
THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1887.
Dfsh-W Washing.

Anybody can wash Dishes" vete-
| ran hotel-keeper said, ..but to wash
dishes thoroughly and quickly and
carefully requires some qualities that
are not always found in domestics. No
| cautious housekeeper will intrust her
valuable china to the care of any but
well-tried, capable servant. The
young housekeeper generally finds this
out after the prettiest set she received
as a wedding present is broken piece
by piece.
dish-washer are care in handling the
ware, care in using hot and clean
water, care in securing the parts that
need it, and care in drying with clean
towels. You see there is care required
at every step of the process. A care
less dish-washer can do more damage
at one washing than can be paid for
with months wages.
Perfect drying of dishes after wash
ing is an important matter. A SLOW
emily dish-washer using tepid water,
and attempting to dry dishes before
they are thoroughly drained, will not
only require many more towels, but
will fail to get that polish and finish
that make clearly washed dishes a
thing of beauty and joy forever. The
veteran dish-washer will use water so
hot that, after the dishes are rinsed
and drained few moments, they will
require very little drying.
IAN ignorant dish-washer, if not
watched, will dump lot of dishes pro-
miscuously into pan and run the
risk of breaking half of them. The
proper way is, first, to scrape off all
the food from the dishes; otherwise the
water will get dirty very soon and
piece be carefully washed by ITSELF be-
ginning with the glass and finer ware.
Rinse thoroughly with clean water,
and be sure and use dry towels to fin
ish with. The hotter the water used
the more perfect will be the work.
Look out for knife handles. Many
a beautiful set of ivory or rubber ham
dies have been spoiled by dirty dish
water. Many an unhappy housekeep-
er has wept at the rubber set of knives
| that might have been saved by a spark
of domestic intelligence
Look out for particles of soap in the
crevices, such as the corners of cups,
| the handles, or around the rims, or in
the tines of forks. Eternal vigilance
| is the price of cleanliness.
Beware of Changing crockery to-
gether 1t is very brittle, and it cracks
and chips easily. How would statue
of Apollo look with chip off the end
of his nose? The same principle ap-
plies to dishes. Take a tumbler or
| goblet, for instance. A chip out of
the rim will make a man miserable,
to say nothing of the tender mouth of
lady.
''Pie-plates, pudding dishes, etc, in
which food has been baked, need care
full soaking before they can be proper
! ly washed. Sometimes a little salt is
necessary to be put in the water in or
| der to remove stains.
For the washing of pots and kettles
there is a very handy article known as
the wire wash cloth. 1t is composed
of wire rings interlaced, and is much
used among the Germans. 1t is very
useful tool for securing, but care must
| be exercised with tin vessels, because
the wire may scour off the tin and
leave the iron substratum exposed to
rust. y NeW York Sun.
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Economical Presidents.

There seems to be some conflict In
opinions among writers for the press
Just now about the amount of money
Mr. Cleveland is going to accumulate
in his Presidential term. One writer
the other day declared that the Presi-
dent was finding the expenses of his
position worse than the salary; an
other says, on the other hand, that he
will go out with about 100000 saved
out of his salary. The fact is that
neither of them knows anything about
the matter. MIR. Cleveland is not tax
ing every newspaper man into his con-
fidence about his private affairs. de
is undoubtedly able to live within his
income, and with what money he had
when he came here and the growth in
value of what he has purchased, it is
not improbable that he may 60 out of
the White House with about $1,000
If he does, it will put him just about
on par in the matter of wealth with
the average retiring President. Some
of them had more than that, but
good many had less. AS rule the
average President is not much of a
fnancier, and if he accumulates wealth
it is because it grayitates towards him
by the attraction of high position.
President Arthur was very high
feeder and spent a great deal of money
on his table, but he managed to save
about 100000 Garfield was not in
office long enough to save much
money. He left about $4,000, and
the gifts Mrs. Garfield has received
have made her wealthy woman.
Mrs. Hayes ran the financial end of
the house during Hayes's administra-
ton, and that she is a tinancier is
proved by the amount saved out of his
salary.
Grant never saved much of his
salary, but the generous gifts of his
friends made him independent. He
lost his all in the Grant-Ward failure.
The sale of his book has placed his
wife in an affiuent position again.
When Andrew johnson left the
White House he had about $3.50, 900,
a good deal of which was lost by the
failure of the Freedmen's Bank.
Buchanan left over $250,000 to his
| nephews and nieces.
Pierce did not do as well. Fifty
| thousand dollars was his limit and no
| one to inherit it.
Fillmore left the White House a
poor man, but by second marriage
| became wealthy.
John Tyler went to the White House
| a poor man, but he managed to save
enough out of his salary to live in
| comfort.
James X. Polk left about $3.50, 900.
| AS be had no children Mrs. Polk re-
ceived it all.
Martin Van Buren, did not save
much out Of his salary, but left $780,
| 600.
Andrew Jackson was counted rich
man in his day. The Hermitage,
which he left to his adopted son, is
now the property of the State.
! James Monroe died in New York
| insolvent.
Of the earlier Presidents, Washing
| ton was the wealthiest. AT his death
| his estate was valued at 100000.
Adams was poor, but by his wise,
able management he never suffered
want.
| When Jefferson entered the White
| House he was a wealthy man, but he
lost all his property and died insol-
vent.
Madison was wealthy when he be-
came President and left handsome
estate, which Mrs. Madison's son,
Payne Todd, squandered, and left her
a poor woman.-JacbS0nUitEe (FlG. J
| NeaCS.
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The New German Rife.

The $4,000 German reserves have
returned to their homes after a twelve
days drill, and it appears, says Ber-
lin correspondent, that the new rifle
which has been introduced into the
army has greatly impressed the Land
wehr men. First of all it should be
stated that the moral effect of the new
rifle is very powerful. 1t is, indeed,
the greatest advantage of the gun.
All the reserves declare that they con-
slider themselves better armed than
with the old Mauser rifle. Meanwhile
they acknowledge that the rifle range
is much more irregular. 1t was chiefly
IN order TO rectify the rifle range that
the reserves were called out, but IN
stead of applying themselves to this
task nearly all the time has been oc-
cupied to explain to them the me-
chanism OF the repeating rifle, which
is very difficulty to understand. They
have also been instructed in the hand
ling of the gun, which, it appears, is
somewhat difficult. Not more than
twenty-five cartridges have been fired
per soldier during the exercises. The
rifle appears very heavy, because of
the difficulty with which it is main
tanned resting against the shoulder.
In fact, according to the view of the
soldiers themselves, it is far from be-
ing perfect, but the moral effect, as l
said before, is considerable, and suf-
fees to prove that at the present mo-
ment the German army rifle is the best
in Europe. 1t is less important to be
we'll armed than to believe that one is
better armed than others.
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Upon completing bis Life of Christ
IL verse, Mr.. Joaquin Miller announces
his attenTin of permanently retiring from
literary work. The poem IN question
will be long one, aud is to be divided
into five parts. 1t is probable that the
first portion of it will be printed in
magazine form before the completed
work is issued between book covers.
cit is the last thing l should write, -
says the poet, "and upon 1t have spent
the best part of fifteen years, l am GER
tain, he continues, "that l shall write
no more after this is completed. / have
bought a piece of land here Oakland
CALI, a rough bit of mountain land,
stony and steep under foot, but o'erhead
it is as smooth as any mans land. And
here 1 shall gather my people about me,
teach them the beauty Of the world and
the goodness of God.
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DRUNKENNESS or the liquor habit po-
sitively cnred by administering DR..
Haines' golden specific. 1t can be given
in cup of coffee or tea without the
knowledge of the person taking it; is alb
somtely harmless and will effect per-
nianent and speedy cure, whether the
patient is a moderate drinker or an alco-
holic wreck. Thousands of drunkards
have been made temperate men who have
taken Golden Specific in their coffee
without their knowledge, and to day be-
iieve they quit drinking of their own free
will. 1T NEVER FAILS. The system
once impregnated with the Specific it be.
comes an utter impossibil.ty for the
liquor appetite to exist. For full parti-
c,llars, address GOLDEN SPECIFIC
CO., 1S5 Race ST., Cincinnati, q. oc29
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The popular girl of the day, says an
Irish paper, is straight and strong and
dashing. The clinging girl with tender
eyes, the romantic girl with yearning
glare, the domestic girl with purring
voice, the brilliant" girl with her tUr-
gid French, the smuggling girl with her
artful smirk, and the girl who ciings to
her mammals skirts-they are gone
they went away in a futter, with timor-
GUS screams at the snort of the engine
and the rush of the burly world. Now
they've come back, but they're not the
same. Instead there's an army of lofty,
gay, intrepid meddlesome, dashing girls,
who swagger abroad with delicious femi-
nine audacity. OF all the types that the
town has seen the girl of to. day, with
her high-bred look, her darling style,
and winsome assumption of manliness,
is far and away the most fetching thing
that the world at large can show.
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III Siberia in winter time the milk goes
to the buyer in chunk instead of u
quart. The people in Siberia buy their
milk frozen, and for convenience it is al
lowed to freeze about stick which
comes as handle to carry it by. The
miikmsn leaves one chunk or two chunks
as the case may be, at the houses of his
customers. The Children in Irkutsk,
instead of crying for drink of milk, cry
for bite of milk. The people there in
winter time do not say "Be careful not
to spill the milk" but ''Be careful not
to break the milk" Broken milk is bet
ter than spilled milk, though, because
there is an opportunity to save the
pieces. A quart of frozen milk on q
stick is formidable weapon If the hands
of an angry man or boy, as it is possible
to knock person down with it. Irkutsk
people hang their milk on hooks instead
Of putting it in pans, though of course
when warm spring weather comes on,
they have to use the pans or pals, as the
milk begins to melt and drop down the
hooks
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ENJOY LIFE

What truly beautiful world we live
in! Nature gives us grandeur of mount
aims, glens and oceans, and thousands of
means of enjoyment. We can desire no
better when in perfect health; but how
often do the majority of people feel like
giving it up disheartened, discouraged
and worn ont with disease, when there is
no occasion for this feeling, as every
sufferer can easily obtain satisfactory
proof, that Green's august FVOa0er, will
make them free from disease, as when
born. Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
are the direct causes of seventy-fve per
cent. of such maladies as Biliousness,
Indigestion, Sick Headache, Costiveness,
Nervous Prostitution, Dizziness of the
Head, Palpitation of the Heart, and
other distressing symptoms. Three
doses of august FIOaOer will prove its
wonderful effect. Sample bottles, 10
cents. Try it. nov11
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BIoou1Neros. LII. Sent 10 1880

BLOOMINGTON, ILL, Sept. IL, 1882.
Messrs. f. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
O.: Have taken Halls Catarrh Cure.
Had catarrh all my life; am 48 years old.
Had asthma 10 years, and dreadful
cough for five years. Have taken every
thing; went to the Hot Springs; have
doctored with the doctors here; / have
done nothing but take medicine for 10
years. When l commenced using Hall's
Catarrh Cure, / was almost dead. l sent
for the doctor the day | got Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, and / told him that l would
die any way and that l would try your
medicine. was very bad. How | suf
fered for 9 years. could hardly breathe
at times. / saw Halls Catarrh Cure adj
vertised in the papers and commenced
taking it. / would have been under the
ground to day if it had not been for that.
L have not had one bad spell of coughing
since. In breathing my head feels well
and I am well. 1t has done me thou
sand dollars worth of good. There are
ten of my friends, on seeing what IT had
done for me, taking it, and it is helping
them. l only wish that every one who
has catarrh, asthma and bad cough
could see me, 80 that / could tell them
all TO take it. Ali that know me here
know how have suffered. q have been
here since 1851 and say to me that 81
am so glad you found something that
could cure you" Everyone says, ''how
mach better you look" The doctors
say they are glad found Halls Catarrh
Cure as they could not cure me.
L cannot express my gratitude to you
for the good Halls Catarrh Cure has
done me. You can use as much of this
letter as will do the afflicted good. Pub
lish it TO the whole world-it is all true
and they should know it.
JOSEPHINE CHRISTIAN
406 East North street
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Nine. Caroline Popp has just COM
pleted her ff,ieth year as editress of
the chief Liberal paper in Flanders
the journal dc Bra9eS She entered
upon her office the 4th of April, 1897.
and has remained at the post (not
without many difficulties for the last
fifty years. Thus her editorship is
only seven years younger than the
independence of Belgium as a State
Nine. Popp has earned some distinc-
ton in her native land as a novelist
and story-teller. Her Nathalie" and
her Legends and Tales of Flanders"
have been translated into German.
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EXCITEMENT IN TEXAS,

Great excitement has been caused in
the vicinity of Paris, lex, by the re-
markable recovery of Mr.. e. Corley,
who was so helpless he could not turn in
bed, or raise his head; everybody said
he was dying of Consumption. A trial
bottle of Or. Kings New Discovery was
sent him. Finding relief, he bought a
large bottle and box of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills; by the time he had taken two
boxes of Pills. and two bottles of the
Discovery, he was we'll and bad gained
in flesh thirty six ponds. Trial Bot
ties of this Great Discovery for Con
sumption free at IL. Hinrichs' 2
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A farmer, whose cribs were full of
corn, was accustomed to pray that the
wants of the needy might be supplied.
But when anyone in needy circu instances
ask for little of bis corn, he said lie bad
none to spare. One day after hearing
lis father pray for the poor and needy,
his little son said to him: "Father l
wish 1 had your corn" "Why, my son,
what would you do with it?" asked the
farmer. The child replied, 81 would
anewer your prayers"
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A Profitable Boom.

Eleven years ago woman bought
forty-three acres of land in Pasadena,
Los Angeles County. Cal, for $40 an
acre. She has since sold off ten acres
in small lots at prices ranging from
LOCO TO $4,000 an acre, and has been
offered $250,000 for the thirty-three
acres which still remain in her posses
sion.
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Yesterday several persons took us

I esterday several persons TOOK US TO
task because in q previous issue we had
used the word LII instead of .'thill" in
speaking of runaway. One gentle
man was SO agitated that he sent Us
marked copy of the paragraph and
underneath wrote: Great Scott.
get this man a dictionary" We are
the owner of two Webster's UNABRIDGED
works, in each of which the word I'LL"
is defined in such a manner as to give
us the impression it means part of
sleigh or wagon. The Union referred
the critic to Webster's Dictionary, and
he evidently concluded he had been
hasty in his criticism. for this morning
we received the following Apology;
"Awl rite: bi NEE wun. n-Schea-
ectddu Union.